Head Barista - Portland Road, Brighton and Hove
Job Type: Casual
Location: Portland Road
The Role
The Flour Pot Bakery is a beloved community hub known for its artisanal breads, pastries, and welcoming atmosphere. We pride ourselves on our commitment to quality, creativity, and customer satisfaction. We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Assistant Manager to join our team and help us continue to create memorable experiences for our customers.
Position Summary:
The Head Barista is a hands-on leader responsible for delivering exceptional coffee, maintaining bar standards, and guiding the barista team. This role blends technical coffee expertise with leadership, training, and daily operations to ensure every guest has a consistently great experience
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead daily coffee bar operations, ensuring speed, quality, and consistency
- Prepare and serve espresso drinks, brewed coffee, and specialty beverages to Flour Pot standards
- Train, mentor, and support baristas; set the tone for hospitality and teamwork
- Oversee coffee quality control, including dialing in espresso and maintaining recipes
- Maintain cleanliness, organisation, and food safety standards at the bar
- Manage coffee inventory, ordering, and waste reduction
- Troubleshoot equipment issues and coordinate maintenance as needed
- Collaborate with the Coffee Technician, Coffee Trainer and Milk Shed Roastery team to ensure consistent product offering, understanding and knowledge of all new coffee releases, equipment and seasonal drinks
- Step in during busy service periods and model calm, efficient leadership
Qualifications:
- 2+ years of barista experience; leadership or training experience strongly preferred
- Strong espresso and milk-texturing skills
- Passion for coffee, hospitality, and teaching others
- Ability to lead by example in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Reliable, punctual, and detail-oriented
